Tuesday, June 28, 2011

My 26th and visiting Grandma Gloria

For my birthday this year (May 10th), it was a very relaxed day. I wasn't feeling good at all so I just watched movies until Kev got home. Then we just went to Cafe Rio for dinner when he came home from work. Such a special day to be with my love. :) My family came up for our nephews baptism (more of that to come). My brother and sister in law and the kids stayed with us on Thurs. June 2nd and then we went to Grandma Gloria's in Logan on Fri. June 3rd. My Grandma Gloria found out in Feb. 2011 that she had cancer (it has spread to multiple areas). She has always been such a positive person and although she is in pain, she still has so much faith and happiness. She is such a special woman. I was able to live with her for about a year while in college and have some awesome memories and stories with her. She took off her hat to show the greatgrand kids that she didn't have any hair. She wanted to teach the kids about her cancer and that she was still smiling.

So THIS is LOVE

Our newest love

our new love!

Our second love

We fell in love!

Our dating days in Logan

How it all started....

There once was a girl named Jessica Kirk. She went to college at Utah State University in Logan, UT. There, she met a boy named Keven Todd. He was from Roosevelt, UT. They were friends for sometime. They watched sports together and enjoyed living down the street from each other, but they were just friends at that time. They became snowboarding partners and loved every minute of it…snowboarding that is! Jessica broke her arm on a massive jump and Keven took care of her. Then Keven got absyss in his throat and had his tonsils removed. She took care of him. Jessica graduated USU and moved back to Corona, CA. Keven moved to Fullerton, CA to sell alarms. They continued dating and fell head over heals for each other. They realized what the right thing to do was and on Dec. 30, 2006 they were sealed for time and eternity in the San Diego temple.

Our Baby Girl

Keven served a LDS mission in Auckland New Zealand. My middle name is Marie. There are a lot of "lynn's" in my family. We wanted our daughter to have a little part of her Mommy and Daddy in her name...that's how we came up with "Zealynn Marie." We have never heard of the name before, but we thought we would see if anything came up on the internet...which we were sure there was something. This is part of what it says about "Zealynn" and we thought it would be fitting for our baby Z:

As Zealyn you are rather serious-minded, responsible, and stable.

You have the gift of tact and diplomacy, and possess a charming, easy-going nature which endears you to others.

You have a serious desire to understand the heart and mind of everyone, and could be very effective in a career or in volunteer work where you are handling people and serving in a humanitarian way.

This name also gives you a love of home and family, and as a parent you would likely be fair and understanding.